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Beaver Island deer hunting report records 75 deer, 1978

Also 1978 Beaver Island deer season report · November 1978 deer report

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TypeEvent
Dates1978-11-15 – 1978-11-30
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1978-11-15 – 1978-11-30
Kind
Observation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
huntingconservationenvironmentcommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The newspaper reports 75 deer taken by 404 hunters on Beaver Island and two deer taken by 20–21 hunters on Garden Island during November 15–30, 1978.

Evidence and limits

These are source-reported hunting totals, not a complete registration ledger, license file, harvest dataset, or wildlife survey.

Sources

  1. Reports 75 deer taken by 404 hunters on Beaver Island and two deer taken by 20–21 hunters on Garden Island during November 15–30, and highlights Joe Timsak’s first deer. It is a newspaper report, not a complete registration ledger, license file, harvest dataset, or wildlife survey. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1978-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page combined November–December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the deer report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1978-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island deer hunting report records 75 deer, 1978”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-hunting-report-1978/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November–December 1978, “Deer Hunting Report.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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